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the first, and seven .405 's and six Springfields at the 

 second lot. Hit number one four times, the smaller 

 lion twice, lioness twice, big fellow seven. The smaller 

 lion has an ordinary mane, but the big fellow's is so 

 thick and long that I could hardly get the alum water 

 to run down into it, even by parting the hair. These 

 two are far and away the finest wild lions I have ever 

 seen either in the flesh here or as skins in London. 



All the rest of the day and far into the evening was 

 spent in preparing the skins. On the way home saw a 

 few guinea fowl, the first for a long time. When we 

 went to take our flag off the lion bait this evening we 

 found the savages had made way with all the meat! 

 They left the flag. 



This camp is infested by a yellow and black striped 

 fly, with a loud buzz, that occupies about a cubic foot 

 of air space in which he hikes frantically back and 

 forth in zigzags. And you cannot hit him; it's been 

 tried. 



Rigged a sort of jury tent to hang the skins in. 

 Heard leopard and hyena and lions far off; but I 

 think we have the lot near here. 



Morning, 60; noon, 90; night, 72. 



